On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 7:35:31 AM UTC-10, cibola de oro wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 1:45:38 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> I had success in the search for nay beans the other day. I was in a
> >> grocery store to pick up a few things and looked for beans. I not only
> >> found them... they were on sale. So I made a batch of baked beans
> >> today. Unlike my very unsuccessful bean venture more than 30 years ago,
> >> they were delicious. This recipe called for a pound of bacon, a
> >> jalapeno pepper and a half tsp. of Cayenne pepper. I didn't have fresh
> >> jalapeno so I used to pickled jalapenos. Given the volume of beans and
> >> liquid, much of which was absorbed by the beans, they were surprisingly
> >> hot.
> >
> > The beans I made in the slow-cooker were pretty good. The main problem was that the bacon turned awful after 12 or so hours of cooking. It turned into a dark fibrous material. The beans however, were fine. I used 2lbs of bacon for one pound of beans.
> >
> > This morning I put a chuck roast into the slow-cooker and let it run. It was great. The meat was injected with a solution of water, salt, garlic powder, MSG, and shoyu and cooked for 10 hours.
> >
> > I might cook more beans tomorrow. This time, I won't add the bacon until the beans are almost done.
> >
> A pork hick is the way to go, really.

You're right about that. OTOH, I got 10lbs of bacon ends I have to get rid of. OTOH, what the heck, it's a good idea. I'll pick some up and it'll be great. Thanks!